It's been several years, but I got a chance to shoot some kinda sorta long range (out to 400 yards) a couple of weeks ago and dusted off my Browning BPCR 40-65. I won the match (much to my amazement ), and it really kindled my desire to find somewhere to shoot more often. I had recently purchased a new mold for it from Accurate Molds (41-405D) and loaded some ammo to do a little load development at our club range. I had previously been shooting the Lyman 410 grain Snover bullet, with good results, but this one took it to a whole new level!

I loaded the bullet over 60 grains (by weight) of FFFg Olde Eynsford and seated it out to touch the lands. Viola'! - nice 3/4" 3-shot clusters at 100 yards. I had a limited amount of this load, so now I'm anxious to load up some more and get back out to the range to see how it performs at longer distances. With the RV we recently purchased, I can see making some trips to play this game!

The Browning 40-65 is a great gun. My son and I each own one. 1 1/2, 2 and 3 F all shot great in the 40-65. We found the best bullets are in the 400+/- range. We did noticed an improvement in our scores when we switched over from blow tubing to wiping between each shot.

Thanks for the info. I may try to increase my powder charge a little more to see what happens. I noticed a significant increase in accuracy when I increased my powder charge from 56 grains (my previous standard) to 60 grains. Maybe the slightly increased velocity provides better stabilization and/or the bullet stays supersonic longer?

I checked out the Alliance club website. Looks like several interesting matches. Sadly, Nebraska is a little far to attend those matches at this point in life.

We have the lever rifle and single shot "hunter" type rifle matches out to 200 yards, similar to theirs.

We have plans at a local CAS club (the property owner is a club member and varmint hunter) to be able to shoot 500 yards this fall, and he has a firing line at 1,000 yards we can use. I'd love to try 1,000 yards once we get that range set up.............just need a buffalo silhouette!

Thanks Dusty. It did rekindle the "itch". My wife also allowed me to buy a decent spotting scope for Fathers Day, so that also helps. One step at a time.........

I'm anxious to do further work with this rifle. I cast bullets yesterday to load another batch of ammo. I'm waiting for a new shipment of the One True Powder to arrive in a couple of days. Then I can get busy and do more load tinkering.

Thanks for the information. There website doesn't have any details about the match, but I've reached out to them to find out more. I also sent in a subscription to BP Cartridge News several weeks ago, so perhaps I'll receive a copy soon with the information in it.